Synonyms of blueprints

blueprints 1 of 2

noun

plural of blueprint

as in plans

a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective

an ambitious young man with a remarkably detailed blueprint for becoming a millionaire by the age of 25

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plans
• strategies
• programs
• projects
• schemes
• designs
• systems
• proposals
• arrangements
• ideas
• recipes
• master plans
• games
• procedures
• ground plans
• ways
• game plans
• techniques
• road maps
• devices
• specifications
• plots
• intentions
• maps
• policies
• purposes
• diagrams
• intents
• tactics
• conspiracies
• protocols
• maneuvers
• contrivances
• means
• formulas
• aims
• conceptions
• specifics
• patterns
• stratagems
• tricks
• counterplans
• layouts
• collusions
• counterstrategies
• subterfuges
• gambits
• platforms
• setups
• ruses
• projets

blueprints

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of blueprint

as in designs

to work out the details of (something) in advance

blueprinted the schedule of events for the festival right down to the last detail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plans
• designs
• plots
• charts
• prepares
• organizes
• arranges
• outlines
• projects
• budgets
• maps (out)
• shapes
• calculates
• devises
• schemes (out)
• drafts
• choreographs
• frames
• strategizes (about)
• sketches
• lays out
• figures
• contemplates
• intends
• concerts
• conspires
• intrigues
• aims
• contrives
• has on
• means
• machinates
• gets up
• premeditates
• meditates
• puts up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blueprints

Noun

For more than a century, college football has inspired the building of vast concrete-and-steel on-campus cathedrals — only for the names on the blueprints to become historical footnotes. — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026

The genes serve as blueprints for making proteins that drive brain development, but researchers lacked visibility into how those proteins do the work. — Pien Huang, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026

Piecing together that chain of events is where the blueprints of the characters’ house and the logic maps came in. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026

For the first time, visitors can view color photographs from the museum's collection of the August Quarterly, see the church's original blueprints and read minutes from Sunday school programs. — Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is handing Ukraine the blueprints to a valuable piece of his country’s military technology, thumbing his nose at a Kremlin that says the United Kingdom is now a party in the conflict. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026

Forward-looking brands and retailers are drawing up blueprints for the next demographic frontier — the tiniest tots born between 2025 and 2039. — Faye Brookman, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

Architects develop blueprints for order and try to mold the world to their designs, developing universal norms and anchoring security in multilateral institutions. — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Tehran purchased North Korean Scud-B and Scud-C missiles, using them as the blueprints for its own Shahab-1 and Shahab-2 ballistic missile programs. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 17 Aug. 2026

Verb

Recreating Rosebank’s Unique Facility IMD worked with Forsyth’s to create new stills, using archival still blueprints to build exact replicas of the original design. — Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025